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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Jordan's port.
9. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
13. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
14. (trademark) A thin polyester film.
15. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
16. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
17. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
18. An artificial source of visible illumination.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
23. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
28. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
31. A decree that prohibits something.
33. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
37. The cry made by sheep.
40. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
41. A sudden unexpected piece of good fortune.
44. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
51. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
55. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
58. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
60. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
66. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
68. (British) Your grandmother.
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. Affectedly dainty or refined.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. An Australian boomerang.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
8. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. The basic unit of money in Iran.
11. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
12. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
34. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A pass between mountain peaks.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
43. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
45. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
46. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
49. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
50. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
56. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
57. An elaborate song for solo voice.
61. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. Take in solid food.
67. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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